violence erupts in the streets of egypt once again with petrol bombs thrown at the presidential palace after thousands took part in anti-government protests. in tunisia the funeral of a slain opposition leader is marred by violence as protesters clashed with police this comes against the backdrop of a general strike that has paralyzed the country. plus despite a final consensus on a reduced e.u. budget for the next seven years now faces a serious threat from the european parliament which is likely to ban the deal. and president obama's nominee for the top position in the cia may be under criticism

from an anti-gun activist but seems to have the support of lawmakers over his targeted assassinations program. and broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is r t certainly glad to have you with us angry protesters have thrown at petrol bombs and the presidential palace in egypt where thousands took to the streets protesting against the government the violence comes despite the deal that some opposition leaders had with the islamist president morsi last week our correspondent in cairo bill true brings us the latest. in the capitol i'm standing above to square one hundred so gov it's chanting against the president and also his organization the mission brotherhood hialeah they were violent scenes out front of the presidential palace

two groups attempted to storm the building with mona talks and actually take asked by the security forces who also finds a rule to come into them however the clashes have read even more violence outside of the capital we've had reports also clashes with security forces and anti-government protesters in alexandria. time to shake with a possible death in copper shaker that's yet to be confirmed as people are really feeling quite a lot to gain here in the country in two weeks on now from the anniversary of the january twenty five five are going to and they said nothing has changed in the country in the last two years is that the key issues have yet to be faced by the president including police reform the shortage of bread and fewer and of course the constitution which protesters say was drafted by an islamist dominated constituent assembly fish three by the president in the last week this week and also i'm off to there was pretty much full cost from last friday's protest and from the

presidential promise of a protest being dragged naked and brutally beaten and in addition there was a young protest from front to mohamed atta in the who reportedly died in custody from torture people activists human rights groups have been saying this was a key grievance against him a dark regime that shouldn't be happening now in a price revolution presidents the biggest opposition coalition not to salvation front for that party a sticking by those amongst which is asking the tough and it to resign if they want to not so salvation government and the constitution to be revoked if this happens then they should be one have dialogue with the president president is moving on these key issues so we're looking at a divided egypt continuing in the near future. in tunisia clashes between mourners and police have marred the funeral of a secular opposition leader whose assassination led to a. ja's in the streets and a crisis in parliament violence erupted near the cemetery as demonstrators threw stones and said cars a blaze while police responded with tear gas adding to the turmoil the country has

been paralyzed by a general strike artie's my financial is following developments in tunisia as you can see many people have gathered here today for the funeral so chokri belaid one of the most prominent opposition leaders who was killed on wednesday and since then the situation here on the ground comings very tense and very valid tile and that is definitely strengthening that relative stability that we've seen here although in two thousand and eleven revolution we speak more to people here it's quite a small square but it's packed with people. and all of them actually chanting from time to time and to government slogans many people we have been able to speak to here and they come here they say that the leader over not a party. is personally responsible for this murder well these are very strong accusations actually but we've been hearing that from too many people who says he was a symbol of dignity this is

a political assassination and that means that the repression and violence is not over because this is a crisis. crisis that if people want change again slogans of revolution of democracy protection working class and poor people that didn't work so we can see you that is very close. to what happened in the summer there is a sign. of what could happen in the county if we don't find very quickly some. sort of she's going to see here today and what we've seen here in the last two days in the country actually it's a deja vu it's a mirror situation with what we've seen here that would be so here to me years ago in the last two days. following this is a nation of took to villa there have been many protests not only in the capital tunis been throughout the country and there have been many poor lashes between

police and office a few photos and we've heard that at least one police officer was killed but definitely there have been much more injured people this is a very bad situation here in the country bad fears a growing that it may turn even more violent and it will go even further if there is no solution immediate solution this is why people are saying that they're preparing for the worst part is maria financial reporting for us there now author and activist the rosy manji explains why the assassination of the opposition leader holds such dire consequences for tunisia. the importance of. shukri belayed. cannot be underestimated is assassination as it is a profound. effect on the to listen population he has been an outspoken outstanding spokesperson for justice in tunis here he

is be in fear with the critical hold the government only who he party. and in particular he has enormous credibility within the trade union movement as you can see there's a general strike been called immediately upon his his assassination i think but we're inching on a new phase in the revolution and it will be in tunis here ingenue good lucian's we never knew what the outcome is is going to be i think there are. signs that this could easily do. disintegrate into some kind of civil civil war hopefully that won't happen and still to come in the program a draft bill in the u.k. aims to clear the way for private online messages to be monitored by the government . imagine there are concerns that the proposed measures are taking it national security a step too far. well it is

a been hailed as an historic agreement e.u. members reaching consensus on a budget cut for the first time since the bloc was created but it seems that now it's the european parliament's turn to put a spoke in the e.u. as we'll as it may use its veto to block the deal artiest has are silly reports from brussels. there more than twenty four hours of negotiations of bickering. along the corridors what's next more fighting more negotiations and more bickering yes after a deal has been made here at the e.u. summit the next step is the european parliament they will have to approve this and we're already hearing reports that the leaders of the main political groups there don't accept the deal that was reached here and the president of the parliament martin shultz last night at a statement he had been sounding very angry at the proposed cuts and now we're already seeing the cots that the twenty seven leaders will impose on the budget he

said he's not going to put a signature on something he sees as excessive so if we saw countries leaders coming here protective of their national interest we're going to see political parties protective of their own industries or whatever they represent in parliament and that is going to be a long long time of negotiations it could probably take about three months to get any answer out of there and we're seeing it's already negative david cameron came here saying that he wanted to bring down the general amount of the budget and in fact he did he got the amount he wanted it's about nine hundred eight billion euros however what's interesting here is he's going to go back to the u.k. now just to explain that contribution is in fact he was able to protect the rebate of the u.k. but let's not forget that that rebate the money that the u.k. gets back to you is hinged on the contribution to agriculture now the agriculture subsidies has been cut down therefore the rebate will also go down and therefore the contribution would fact go up we're already hearing from the euro skeptics

especially coming from his own party saying that role well done you're coming back here saying that it's a victory for the u.k. but in fact we're going to be paying more just at a time when he's going to be posing the question he says of the referendum whether or not they should even be a member of the european union the twenty seven if he's reelected it's what if he's . whether or not this is a real victory for david cameron he will have to answer that when he gets back to the u.k. . president obama's choice to become the next chief of the cia went through a tough confirmation hearing at the u.s. senate but it wasn't the lawmakers who were giving him a hard time and putting him under the spotlight for his role in the controversial u.s. drone program now the session was interrupted several times by protesters who put up signs with slogans such as stop cia murder they were addressing the issue of u.s. drone use for targeted strikes against suspected terrorists john brennan defended

the program which he helped to develop saying it is ethical and just and claiming the strikes are carefully vetted however human rights groups claim the program has in fact led to a large number of civilian deaths so did u.s. lawmakers hold brennan accountable for his counterterrorism policies r t is that going to church or can comments. what most people expected to hear was how does the u.s. government make decisions as to who should be on their kill list and mr brennan would certainly be the most appropriate person to ask because he is known to have been in charge of the kill list and he's known as the architect of the administration's targeted assassinations program so the question of who the drones are targeting was critical and one of the senators asked john brennan whether there should be at least some judicial oversight over those executions by drones and here's what he said none of those actions or to determine past guilt for those actions that he took the decisions that are made or to take action so that we prevent future action

to protect american lives so the rationale that john brennan gave for not going to court is that the administration is not in the business of punishing individuals but it's in the business of preventing attacks he basically says the u.s. government could execute people for what they haven't done yet you would expect a follow up questions from lawmakers as to how the administration determines the level of threat as these people constitute let's imagine an angry yemeni man who writes in his blog bag he hates america as you can see is wife died in a drone strike and he wants to take revenge is that enough to justify him being killed by a drone there were so many questions about how the administration decides to put someone on their kill list and yet there was not near enough grilling on the part of the senators to get specific answers prior to the hearing a memo was released which the justice department handed over to congress and according to the memel the government can kill people overseas even without evidence that they are actively plotting against the u.s.

the paper states that the u.s. would be able to kill a u.s. citizen or non-citizen overseas went down quote an informed high level of social of the u.s. government determines that target is an imminent threat to them here for also suggest that such decisions would not be subject to judicial review and outlines a broad definition of what constitutes imminent threat. everybody expected tough questions on drones but that did not happen john brennan got away with very broad answers like the program is saving lives and that you should take the administration's word for it. and we're continuing to follow a number of stories i'll be right back with more news coming up for you right after a short break and watching our t.v. . there are twelve cities in the united states in which half of the people with hiv aids lives. with

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with. a turkish top naval commander has resigned over the detention of hundreds of his colleagues he's been followed by a number of turkish air force officers who have also quit in what could be a sign of weakening morale in the country's military for more analysis on this story we're now joined live by andrew finkel our. turkey what everyone needs to know mr finkel thank you very much for being with us. some astounding numbers we were just talking about this before the break according to reports one hundred ten air force officers have recently resigned how big of an impact has this. had on the country's military well it's part of a. crutch you can go to war of attrition between the government and the military it's not this isn't the first the glow that the military had suffered as you may know there is a very serious conspiracy trial going on inside turkey and in fact there's more

than one trial and it's all together about fifteen percent of the officer class that's colonels and generals actually are on trial and of course this is a this in itself is the cause of this major disillusionment within the armed forces and what has already been a perfect about three hundred top brass have been dispatched to jale are and are in carcer ation and others are also being imprisoned as they await trial so this is not the first blow against the military indeed in july two thousand and eleven it wasn't simply pilots who resigned it was the top brass that the head of the army the navy the air force and the chief of staff actually resigned in protest against these trials now what's happening here is perhaps slightly different i think. there's a certain disillusionment within the country about the armed forces i think these pilots are deciding well you know no one really loves us but what we've served are

ten years that's the minimum time let's just take our pensions and get a better paying job in the private sector i think that's what's happening shown well now it's really interesting it's almost dangerous to be in the military for reasons other than the obvious ones in recent years massed attentions of both serving and retired officers have taken place in the country what is a prime minister i don't want trying to achieve by this move. well up until recently of course the military were credibly powerful inside the in the military really regarded the government as that as the at their beck and call they the military try and fail to prevent the. lection of the current president jackie bates issued certain warnings in the past five years and the government it's very clear that the military traditionally a powerful force with integrity politics was trying to undermine its own government and of course the government fought back and they fought back success only peace

conspiracy trial so. perhaps this is simply the military saying ok you've lied you know you have it your own way but. at the at the moment from the stat i was a little bit concerned he's actually said that there are too many military officers in detention awaiting trial and i mean the reason the country has a military is to defend itself so if you put all their officers in jail than then of course you must feel a little bit vulnerable so i think the government realizes that perhaps that it has gone too far that it's time to actually get the military back on their side but of course the resit this year we send wave of resignations will not come as good news sort of show now a kind of looking at it from a different perspective if you will turkey known for its secularism is that under threat under the possibility of religious groups trying to take advantage of the situation. well i think that's what the military themselves might feel some people

sympathetic to the military might feel that they have a government which is to means too far to the religious right and indeed that's one of the reasons why the military tried to wherever there are two undermine their government in the first place. but as i say this isn't a new situation this is the government has been gradually consolidating its power something it's not something that happened yesterday they've been in power for more than ten years and so. basically in the people some people would argue that in fact this is simply. working this is a government working hand and it should it's the government that should be running the country not well it's over now next door to turkey things aren't very stable turkey has supported the war in syria which apparently has helped the kurdish uprising there that's while turkey is itself trying to struggle to contain the

kurdish militants in the country southeast does anyone realize that his actions could backfire and create even more of a mess. well when you say to. me it's supporting the war in syria that's not precisely the case what they're doing is they're calling for the over. there is saying that he has basically lost its legitimation that instead of war with his own people there's a refugee crisis in turkey there are very we're there are people fleeing the assad regime coming into turkey turkey saying well the situation has gone too far or something has to be done about it indeed they would accuse other countries of the game russia being one of them propping up there and iran and other propping up the assad regime. so however people suspect that perhaps under the table turkey is. for the allowing the free syrian army supplying them with

so it's a it's a very complicated situation and even more complicated than some suggest because one of the out of this civil war incites or. kurdish north of the country is becoming more and more independent and turkey which iraq their sparklers. retards with some alone sure all right thank you very much for your thoughts on the subject andrew finkel journalist and author and expert on the area thanks for being with us here on our team. in the u.k. a document described by some as a snoopers charter will be given another push by the government after the intelligence and security committee said the proposal lacked detail the bill is designed to help authorities track online activity of citizens and to retrieve personal web data or to look at how such measures could power up national security . the main area of concern surrounds this the draft communications data bill and proposals in it that critics say see the public left wide open to having their

facebook accounts or twitter e-mails read anything that they visit online the websites that they gayety logs by the government now understandably those plans to prevent hugely controversial with critics labeling it the snoop is charter now perhaps more concerning is the latest report by the intelligence and security committee and they'd like to see a nationwide surveillance regime implemented now the government say that they need to do this to catch criminals and stop terrorism but there's lots of the members of the public saying where are safeguards when it comes to what we do online will seek more about this i'm now joined by professor and sneakily to the director studies security and intelligence studies at the university of auckland thank you very much for joining us you are in support of the draft communications data below i heard you describe yourself at a recent talk stunk at the picnic if these fees and these proposals are so

unpopular why are the government pushing them through all the time when the government is pushing them through because the government realizes that they're needed some thirty million people use the internet to communicate with each other each day in the united kingdom people in this country fully accept that for more than a hundred years. their telephone conversations are likely to be mine if they're seen as a national security risk if there is a suspicion that a particular person is engaging serious organized crime sex trafficking or terrorism the government can then institute through as a member of the public who if i do my emails well if you don't want your e-mails. nor engaged in any kind of illegal activity your emails won't be pro if you want if

you want complete privacy don't write any letters to your friends don't speak to them on the telephone and don't send them photographs of yourself in joking that you very much for joining it's a fest and see if the has that is the solution maybe is the time for a big log off in case someone is actually watching. london and we've got more stories for you on our website including a football club's headquarters in jerusalem has been set on fire. comes after two muslim players from the russian premier league joined the club sparking anger among conservative fans the full story on our two dot com. and famous painting by eugene has been vandalized at the lens move museum a twenty eight year old woman reportedly tagged of the painting with nine eleven conspiracy theory graffiti and to our web site for the details. on to some other news making headlines around the globe for you this hour. the

northeastern united states is bracing for a snow storm which forecasters say maybe the heaviest winter snow fall to hit the region in twenty five years thousands of flights have been canceled and rail companies have also suspended train travel while residents have been urged to stay indoors after superstorm sandy knocked out power at hundreds of thousands of homes in october many people have rushed to buy gasoline and stock up on food and supplies. at least thirty six people have been killed in a string of car bomb attacks on the shia areas across iraq as sectarian and ethnic tensions run high head of provincial elections in april the bombings targeted outdoor markets in baghdad province south of the iraqi capital no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks as of yet but in recent weeks they've seen sunni insurgents carrying out almost daily attacks on security forces and civilians in an

attempt to undermine the shia led government. a suicide bomber has blown himself up near a security checkpoint in the northern mali city of but the attacker himself was the only casualty this is the first known suicide bombing since french troops entered the country whose northern half was ruled by islamist extremists now wants u.n. peacekeepers to take over security as it prepares to end its mission. and coming up after the break we take an in-depth look at the impact of the h.i.v. aids epidemic. saudi arabia has ordered its retailers to construct one point six meter tall

barriers in the middle of their stores a rather unusual demand is that something related to everyone's favorite buzzword terrorism no it is to keep male and female coworkers separate saudi arabia is pretty infamous in the west for its laws regarding the sexes and their segregation activists always want to go to other countries to convince them to adopt western attitudes that deep down in their hearts they secretly want but often they miss things like the fact that it was saudi women who ask for the segregation feeling uncomfortable while buying products from men according to a.f.p. you know some people in countries like saudi arabia or north korea might actually like living a radically different lifestyle and even if they don't like living that way well it is their job to fix it not by some sort of western intervention when i want to live in either of those countries not really do i want to live in a country with the saudi arabian concept of gender not really but part of having freedom of choice means being able to choose things that i may think are backwards or illogical you know let them have the walls in the stores if they want western

civilization you know if it's truly the end all of human evolution then they'll take those walls down eventually on their own but that's just my opinion. many in the black community have long memories and today have a clear distrust for government run health agencies part of what drives you know community to his or his torkel perspective is disenfranchisement to ski he is very very much aware of the knife in our communities we still have many communities are

we're talking about this is a conspiracy the government wanted to kill soft so maybe we still have people who still have that mindset people don't like to say. that a government would make an effort to destroy people but black people have had a history. of tusky syphilis experience that was carried on by the federal government for thirty years one thousand nine hundred to one thousand nine hundred seventy two and people said at that time this is a way to get rid of the black population so that's horrible to have to think about . and that kind of planning but we have an entire museum in washington d.c. called the holocaust memorial museum which rag maintain it is the most importantly museum in the united states that everybody should go to that museum because.